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Disclosure: I received this title for free for review in advance of publication. Title for my review: Author channels Nietzsche using the voices of Jack Kerouac and Robert Kroese At the end of this book, all I could say to myself is "M...

I love the authenticity of characters' experiences & feelings I have enjoyed how Eliot's books authentically incorporate various elements of real life within his fiction. In his first books, I think he quite accurately reflected many a...

Swell ending Eliot wraps up the third book with plenty of tension & good writing. I couldn't keep away from it and read it in about 30 clock hours (with off and on reading). He's been well schooled by his research (thanks, Brad) on wha...

Still fun, but... Book two, read in the day following reading book one. It's still accurately describing the startup world, but now emphasizing the crime / whodunnit. That's ok, but it's worth noting in my review. Two slight exasperat...

All an average person is looking for on the topic The author itemizes the various challenges associated with humans inhabiting mars, and the best thinking (to date) on how we'll be able to tackle them. There is some attention paid to th...

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Pundits are nearly unanimous in saying that the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the USA proves we are a “divided nation”. The campaigns demonstrated how candidates fanned extremist flames on all sides, making us believe the “other guys” will be absolutely terrible. That same extremism is reflected in the inability of the US Congress to function effectively, which in-turn fueled extremism among change-seeking voters.

But under it all, we are the same citizens who more-or-less got along until someone told us the other guys were evil.

This was an impromptu set. It was Saturday morning, and I had nothing to do, and felt musical. So I jumped on before Neonlogic played, which meant my set could only be one hour.

PS – and yes, I know the name of this podcast is super-similar to my one named Shorty. But I didn’t remember this until after I’d done the artwork & the MP3 mastering, and didn’t want to re-work it all. So, there ya go.

I asked George Colony, CEO/Founder of Forrester, if I could reproduce it here because I believe the technique I used — called scenario building — is a credible way for businesses from startup to global to generate useful insights about risk, and opportunity.